धुनोतु ध्वान्तं नस्तुलितदलितेन्दीवरवनं घनस्निग्धश्लक्ष्णं चिकुरनिकुरुम्बं तव शिवे। यदीयं सौरभ्यं सहजमुपलब्धुं सुमनसो वसन्त्यस्मिन् मन्ये वलमथनवाटीविटपिनाम्॥
dhunōtu dhvāntaṁ nas tulita-dalita-indīvara-vanaṁ ghana-snigdha-ślakṣṇaṁ cikura-nikurumbaṁ tava śivē। yadīyaṁ saurabhyaṁ sahajam upalabdhuṁ sumanasō vasanty asmin manyē vala-mathana-vāṭī-viṭapinām॥
Translation
O Auspicious One, may your thick, glossy, smooth hair-cluster, resembling a forest of split blue lotuses, dispel our darkness. I consider that pure-minded ones dwell in it to obtain its natural fragrance, like trees in Indra’s garden.
Word by word
- dhunōtu
- may dispel
- dhvāntaṁ
- darkness
- naḥ
- our
- tulita
- resembling
- dalita
- split
- indīvara
- blue lotus
- vanaṁ
- forest
- ghana
- thick
- snigdha
- glossy
- ślakṣṇaṁ
- smooth
- cikura
- hair
- nikurumbaṁ
- cluster
- tava
- your
- śivē
- O Auspicious One
- yadīyaṁ
- whose
- saurabhyaṁ
- fragrance
- sahajam
- natural
- upalabdhuṁ
- to obtain
- sumanasaḥ
- pure-minded
- vasanti
- dwell
- asmin
- in this
- manyē
- I consider
- vala-mathana
- destroyer of Vala (Indra)
- vāṭī
- garden
- viṭapinām
- of trees
Meaning
The Goddess’s hair (cikura-nikurumbaṁ), thick and glossy like a forest of blue lotuses (indīvara-vanaṁ), dispels ignorance (dhvāntaṁ). Its natural fragrance (saurabhyaṁ) attracts pure-minded devotees, likened to trees in Indra’s celestial garden (vala-mathana-vāṭī). Addressed as śivē, her hair symbolizes divine knowledge and beauty. In Śrīvidyā, hair represents spiritual abundance. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, exalting her hair as a source of enlightenment and divine allure